Souvenir Viewbook of New York City, circa 1930

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Artifact Overview

What's better than receiving a postcard from a vacationing friend? How about a souvenir viewbook with multiple images that fold neatly into a postcard-sized packet? This viewbook contains twenty color views and information about New York City. This souvenir includes images of museums, monuments, government buildings, steamships, parks, and out-of-the-way neighborhoods found in America's largest metropolis around 1930.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Viewbook

Date Made

circa 1930

Subject Date

circa 1930

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

88.18.22

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Printing (Process)
Folding (Process)

Color

Multicolored

Dimensions

Height: 4.25 in
Width: 6.25 in

Inscriptions

at top: Souvenir Folder of NEW YORK / The Gateway of [...] handwritten on address: Miss Alice Mae Ziemer / New London / Wisconsin / Route 1